Multi-Component Quantum Gases in Spin-Dependent Hexagonal Lattices

Understand

Periodicity is one of the most fundamental structural characteristics of systems occurring in nature.

• The properties of these systems depend strongly on the symmetry of the underlying periodic structure.
• In solid state materials - for example - the static and transport properties as well as the magnetic and electronic characteristics are crucially influenced by the crystal symmetry.
• In this context, hexagonal structures play an extremely important role and lead to novel physics like that of carbon nanotubes or graphene.